Jasper Knight

Jasper Knight (1930 - 1979) was an American chess grand master and secretly a KGB spy. Knight notably assassinated a defecting Soviet ambassador covertly before fleeing to Cuba. Knight then headed to a remote airfield to meet his KGB contact, Lieutenant Colonel Cilas Netzke, before fleeing to the Soviet Union. Unbeknownst to him, the CIA contacted the ICA to put a contract on the chess master, who sent Erich Soders to eliminate him. Soders assassinated Knight masterfully, which prompted the ICA to use Knight's assassination as the final test for new agents, including the eventual Agent 47.

A Simple Game
Knight was born in 1930 in the U.S. He displayed much skill in the game of chess, and eventually became a grand master. At some point, Knight was recruited by the KGB and served as a sleeper agent. Eventually, the KGB tasked him with murdering the Soviet ambassador to the U.S, as he was defecting. Knight invited the ambassador to a game of chess, in which he coated his opponent's pieces in ricin. Soon after the chess game, the Soviet ambassador was dead from the poison.

Outplayed
Knight then fled to Cuba to catch a flight on a fighter jet to the Soviet Union from a remote airfield. He demanded that his girlfriend come with him, and blackmailed the KGB into it, otherwise he'd go to the CIA and tell them everything. Knight stayed while he awaited news from Moscow about his demand.

In the meanwhile, the CIA contacted the ICA for a contract on Knight. The ICA then dispatched Erich Soders, a veteran agent, to eliminate him. Soders quickly made his way to the remote airfield in only 12 hours, a personal record. Soders infiltrated the air base, then rigged his ejector seat to activate without a parachute upon the engines' start up.

Upon receiving news from Moscow that his girlfriend will be transported soon, Knight agreed to fleeing to the Soviet Union. He participated in a celebratory drink with his contact, Lieutenant Colonel Cilas Netzke, before heading to his fighter jet.

He did a few quick safety tests on the fighter jet before starting it up properly. Knight was immediately ejected without his parachute activating, and was crushed upon impact, dying.

Aftermath
Soders received high commendation for Knight's death, and the assassination was used as a final test for entrant ICA agents. In 1999, Agent 47 would participate in this test, though Soders increased the difficulty immensely